3. About me
• 13+ yrs. Of experience in I.T.
• Mainly works on Microsoft windows
platform.
• Founder of “New Delhi Powershell User
Group”.
• Writing articles on www.amandhally.net
• Love to write script and upload them at
TechNet.
6. History
• Designed by “Jeffrey Snover, Bruce Payette and James Truher ”
• Started as project “Monad” in 2002 , in April 2005 Microsoft renamed it as
“Windows PowerShell”.
• For windows XP, Server 2003 available as optional feature.
• Now Integrated in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
• Version 1.0 released in 2006
• Version 2.0 released in 2009
• Version 3.0 (CTP 2 ) in Dec 2011
• Version 3.0 is available in Windows8 and Server 8
7. WHY TO USE POWERSHELL?
• It is “Easy”.
• Easy to “learn”
• Easy to “Use”.
• Easy to “Deploy”.
• Easy to “Find Resources”
• Easy to “Find Help”
9. What are manual tasks?
• Pinging multiple servers.
• Backups.
• Want to write an GUI to ease of some manual
process?
• Automate Active Directory related stuff.
• Generate Reports.
• Lots more…..
11. Why to automate manual tasks?
• Time saving.
• For lazy admins (like me).
• To get some free time to learn new things.
• Help in enhancing scripting skills.
• Be a “Geek” not a… :D
• Try to create you own application.